Michelle Dewberry

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Michelle Dewberry pictured with Sir Alan Sugar, after winning "The Apprentice"
Michelle Dewberry pictured with Sir Alan Sugar, after winning "The Apprentice"

Michelle Dewberry (born 1979 in Hull, East Yorkshire) was the winner of the second series of British television programme The Apprentice.

She was hired by Sir Alan Sugar[1], but after a series of personal problems she left Amstrad in September 2006 [2].

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[edit] Background

Dewberry's parents are David and Glynis. She has four surviving siblings: Karl (24), Clair (22), Marc (16), and Paul (14)[3] (all ages are as at 14 May 2006). Her elder sister, Fiona, died in 1996 when she fell from the eighth floor of a tower block in Hull, aged 19[citation needed].

From her first job working on the checkouts in Kwik Save, she rose through the business ranks in different firms to become a self-employed global telecoms project manager, living in London. She claimed that she already earned the same £100,000 salary being offered by the TV show, and that she entered it for the experience[citation needed].

After winning the show, Dewberry told of her abusive father, David Dewberry, who had "battered her and her sisters black and blue", "humiliated her by calling her Fatty and treating her like a slave", "head-butted and tried to strangle her mother", "drove her older sister out of the house into a life of drugs, massage parlours and ultimately death", "ruled the family with a rod of iron and was such a miser he only allowed them one light on at a time"[3]. She donated the fee for the interview to a charity supporting one of her close family.

[edit] After The Apprentice

After winning The Apprentice, Dewberry's role within Amstrad was to aid the launch of new company Xenon Green, which specialises in disposing of unwanted computer equipment of other businesses, in an environmentally friendly way. Alan Sugar was reported to consider this is a growing market due to the demands of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) introduced by the European Union in 2003[citation needed].

Between winning the television series and beginning working for Amstrad, Dewberry took a short sabbatical during which she made several appearances on chat shows, was interviewed for various newspapers and played in the England Ladies football team, who were runners up at the Celebrity World Cup Soccer Six which was broadcast on Sky TV.

In July 2006, The Sun newspaper revealed that she was pregnant by Syed Ahmed, a fellow contestant on The Apprentice, after a fling between the two in April[4]. However it was reported that her lifestyle, including her pregnancy, had caused a rift between her and her mentor[5]. After being admitted to hospital with stomach pains in August 2006, Dewberry was told that she had lost the baby[6].

Dewberry has subsequently ceased working for Sir Alan, and formed her own business: Michelle Dewberry Ltd (MDL)[2] [7].

In November 2006 she appeared in Celebrity Scissorhands, a BBC1 reality show in aid of Children in Need.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Ex-cashier wins TV's Apprentice", BBC News, 2006-05-10. Retrieved on 2006-05-11.
  2. ^ a b "Michelle checks out with payout", Sunday Mirror, 2006-09-24. Retrieved on 2006-09-24.
  3. ^ a b "My 'killer' dad", News of the World, 2006-05-14. Retrieved on 2006-05-17.
  4. ^ "Michelle: You're sired!", The Sun, 2006-07-22. Retrieved on 2006-08-24.
  5. ^ Daniel Kilkelly (2006-08-08). 'Apprentice' winner angers Sir Alan Sugar. Digital Spy. Retrieved on 2006-08-24.
  6. ^ "Apprentice winner loses her baby", BBC News, 2006-08-23. Retrieved on 2006-08-24.
  7. ^ "Apprentice winner quits prize job", BBC, 2006-09-24. Retrieved on 2006-09-28.

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